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Face/Off (Renban Arrow Diagonal)

(Published on 27. September 2025, 23:27 by tallcat)

A few weeks back, I took part in Scojo's imposter contest - making one puzzle in my 'style' and a second puzzle that was imitating another setter. This was the puzzle I submitted as an example of my own 'style' (watch this space for my second puzzle) and actually lost to my imposter - which was an extremely good puzzle by Xenonetix. Nonetheless, I wanted to post the original for all of you to enjoy! Happy solving

Normal Sudoku rules apply

Arrows: Digits on arrows must sum to the digit in the circle.

Renban: Pink lines must contain a set of consecutive, non-repeating digits in any order.

Diagonal: The digits 1-9 must appear exactly once on the negative diagonal



Can be found at f-puzzles or CTC

Solution code: Column 5 (top to bottom). Nine digits, no spaces

Last changed on on 29. September 2025, 03:42

Solved by Myxo, Azumagao, Calvinball, lianarox, jmw, OutOfMyMindBRB, BorisTheSnake, tangobunni, vitaminz, tuturitu, by81996672, Ambrose, gdc, Andrewmi3, majestic spork, Bjd, mathpesto, jalebc, brandon_bot, ... HonkIfYouLoveBeer, Bellsita, botteur, bboom, IrishDevil, hundertzwoelf, Djirt, InterestingAlgae, widjo, Fredxl, Firmus, Ramez, Corey115, CSStead, nixxo, egglet, OGRussHood, e0lith, deangaudet
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Comments

on 4. October 2025, 15:38 by Djirt
Спасибо, прекрасная работа!)

on 4. October 2025, 15:01 by hundertzwoelf
Brilliant puzzle. Quite hard for me, but it has many beautiful deductions

on 29. September 2025, 21:58 by PancakePie
I probably didn't find the optimal path, but I did love my time in it! Very beautiful puzzle. Thank you!

on 29. September 2025, 19:25 by Niverio
Absolutely amazing stuff! Beautiful interactions all over the place.

on 29. September 2025, 16:00 by rameshsrivats
Magnificent

on 28. September 2025, 22:09 by AngusWBA
Great puzzle, thanks!

on 28. September 2025, 21:15 by sujoyku
Wonderful puzzle! Thank you, tallcat!

on 28. September 2025, 20:33 by keesh
Very nice interaction between the lines. Not an easy puzzle, but very satisfying to solve it (after some time...)

on 28. September 2025, 18:47 by Exigus
That was a lovely puzzle, thanks!

on 28. September 2025, 13:09 by Playmaker6174
Nice interactions across the main diagonal and with how the arrows affect the renbans, thanks :)

on 28. September 2025, 13:03 by Snookerfan
Brilliant puzzle, very enjoyable, thank you!

on 28. September 2025, 12:59 by Ragna
Wonderful puzzle! Thank you. :-)

on 28. September 2025, 04:28 by Calvinball
What a gem! Thank you for setting and sharing this with us!

on 28. September 2025, 02:52 by BorisTheSnake
Excellent!! Very nice construction, thank you!

Difficulty:3
Rating:96 %
Solved:139 times
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ID:000PAG

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